TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

Airware

Airware (2011) is a CA company with $110M funding (as of 2018).

3D Robotics

3D Robotics (3DR) started in 2007 with hardware. It was in fact one of the pioneers, particularly as it championed the open source movement for drone codes. The company had a flourishing business in its early day, reaching a headcount of 180 staff in its Berkley office

Nanotech and Beyond (N&B)

N&B (Nanotech and Beyond) is a Korean company producing Ag NWs since 2010 and also recently Ag nanoparticles.

BASF

BASF has been interested in the business of silver nanowires (NWs) for some years. Here is some information based on our interview with their business development head.

Roboception

Roboception is a young German start-up established in 2014 developing an integrated 3D vision sensor aimed at the robotics market.

SuperC Technology Limited

Established in December 2011

Deyang Carbonene

Deyang Carbonene is a Chinese graphene supplier. It offers powders as well as pastes

2D Carbon (Changzhou) Ltd

2D Carbon was registered in Dec 2011 with 30 million RMB (close to $5m) registered capital. As with most other Chinese firms in graphene field, they employed disproportionally high number of employees compared to their capital or revenue.

Yuneec

Yuneec was established in 1999 in Hong Kong.

Unifly

Unifly is UAS Traffic Management (UTM) and drone fleet management software provider. They are a software company that creates aviation-related solutions for the integration of drones and manned aviation.

Parrot

Parrot is a relatively an old company. Its core business (automotive) is in decline hence it has been looking for alternatives business. This is why it entered the drone business in the recent past.

Flyability

Flyability is a Switzerland, Lausanne based drone manufacturer. There are many drone companies at Lausanne and one could see a drone ecosystem there, which makes it a suitable place for drone manufacturing.

Exyn technologies

Exyn technologies was established in the late 2014. It is based on Philadelphia, US.

Ehang

Founded in 2014 and raised $52M until the Aug 2015

Autel Robotics

Autel robotics, established in 2014 in California as a subsidiary of Autel Intelligent

Global Graphene Group

Global Graphene Group is developing, via its subsidiary Angstron Energy Company (AEC), a composit graphene-silicon anode material for Li-ion batteries. The company claims a capacity between 400 and 2000 mAh/g.

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